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A for-profit company with a guiding social mission.

Aslan is the co-founder of the Empower Haiti Together.  She and her co-founders Sam Merizema and Ludger Nau are working to promote sustainable and empowering partnerships that allow Haitians to create the change they desire.  Aslan will be joining us tomorrow... Read more
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Want to make a difference in Haiti in only a week? Start here.

The truth is, you can’t make a lasting difference in a community in one week; speaking from experience, you’ll barely have time to take it all in … More importantly, real change happens over time. As much as we sometimes hate to... Read more
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Finding Space to Care for Ourselves in Haiti

When one of my Italian midwife friends heard that I had left Haiti, she wrote to me and said something along the lines of, “I can understand completely your decision; it is very hard to find space to care for... Read more
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Movement is Life: Establishing Sustainable Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Services in Haiti

Introducing our newest Guestblogger & One of the Co-founders of STAND: The Haiti Project 1.  How did you first get involved in Haiti? The older I’ve become, the less I want to just be a tourist. I love to interact,... Read more
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Reflections: Returning Home After Haiti

“What is demanded of man is not…to endure the meaningless of life, but rather to bear his incapacity to grasp its unconditional meaningfulness in rational terms.” – Viktor E. Frankl I left Haiti abruptly last month for personal reasons; although... Read more
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How to deal with hurt-feelings in the “Helping hurts” conversation

How many of you have heard of the Norway based aid group SAIH – The Norwegian Students’ and Academics’ International Assistance Fund? As an organization they help support 40 local organizations in six countries in Latin America and southern Africa. However, you’re... Read more
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